Barbara Vitello
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Arlington Heights man charged with attempted murderSep 24, 2013 8:00 am - A Cook County judge set bail at $750,000 Tuesday for a 39-year-old Arlington Heights man who authorities say beat, choked and attempted to smother a woman following an a...
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'To Master the Art' worth savoringSep 23, 2013 11:00 pm - "To Master the Art," William Brown and Doug Frew's affectionate, amusing bio-drama chronicling the decade Julia Child spent in Paris, has a not-so-secret ingredient: Kar...
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Man gets probation for Arlington Heights fightSep 23, 2013 2:05 pm - A 23-year-old man pleaded guilty Monday to injuring another man during a fight last April in Arlington Heights. In exchange for Donavan J. Williams’ guilty plea to aggra...
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Misdemeanor charges dismissed against Wheeling manSep 23, 2013 2:02 pm - A Cook County judge has found Pablo Diaz not guilty of misdemeanor reckless conduct charges earlier this month. Diaz, 41, accidentally left a bag containing a handgun a...
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Strangers' kindness helps sisters rebuild livesSep 23, 2013 5:30 am - Des Plaines girls on own after mother murdered
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Family tragedy leaves young sisters on their own in Des Plaines area homeSep 22, 2013 8:00 am - The Ramirez sisters have the giggles. They begin quietly with a grin and a whisper, escalate to a nudge and culminate with Karen, 22, and Greta, 12, shaking with laught...
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Inventive storytelling propels whimsical 'Old Man'Sep 20, 2013 6:00 am - PigPen Theatre Company's "The Old Man and The Old Moon" begins subtly. About five minutes before the curtain officially rises at Writers Theatre, where the New York-base...
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Local theater: 'Route 66' in the driver's seatSep 19, 2013 6:00 am - Road trip Four service station attendants in 1950s Chicago hit the open road in “Route 66,” a jukebox revue featuring tunes like “King of the Road,” “Beep Beep” and...
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Couple battle forest preserve over Barrington Hills estateSep 16, 2013 6:56 pm - The owners of Horizon Farms — a 400-acre Barrington Hills estate and horse farm — have filed a federal lawsuit accusing the Forest Preserve District of Cook County of co...
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Ex-cook gets probation in meat cleaver attackSep 16, 2013 1:27 am - Five months after a jury acquitted him of one count of attempted murder and deadlocked on another, former cook Xiubin Mei pleaded guilty to lesser charges and was senten...